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Takoyaki たこ焼き

How to make Japanese street food, Takoyaki at home

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 20
Calories: 53 kcal
Course: Main Course , Snacks
Cuisine: Japanese

Ingredients

  • 1cup/100g flour *1
  • 1 egg
  • 1.25cup/300ml dashi stock *1
  • 1.8oz/50g cooked octopus
  • 1/4 cup of finely chopped scallions
  • 1/4 cup tenkasu
  • 2 tbsp red pickled ginger
  • 2 tbsp takoyaki sauce
  • 1 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp seaweed flake to top
  • 2 tbsp bonito flake to top

Instructions

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  1. Combine water, egg and dashi stock together in a bowl and mix well until frothy.
  2. Sift the plain flour into a large bowl and add the liquid mixture over the flour.
  3. Whisk them together well until all the dry flour is completely mixed in.
  4. Heat the takoyaki pan and oil the holes with the oil brush. *2
  5. Pour the batter into the pan holes so they are approximately 80% full and then add the octopus, green onion, tempura crisps and pickled ginger .Then add more of the batter until it's just overflowing.
  6. Cook for approximately 1 & 1/2 minutes, then trim off the excess batter and flip them over by inserting the Takoyaki pick from 4 o'clock direction, turn your wrist 90°.
  7. Keep flipping them around until the takoyaki are a golden-brown color. *3
  8. When all balls outside are crispy golden brown, turn the heat off.
  9. Serve them on a plate and coat with the Takoyaki sauce and Japanese mayonnaise then sprinkle with aonori and bonito flakes to serve.

Notes

  • *1  If you use commercial premixed flour for Takoyaki, you only need to replace dashi stock with water.
  • *2 If you don't have the oil brush, use scrunched kitchen paper towel. 
  • *3 Continuously flipping them around makes the outside golden and crispy. 
  • *Nutritional value is per one octopus ball.
  • * If you don't have Takoyaki sauce, you can use my Yakisoba sauce recipe and add 1 tbsp of honey. 
  • * If you are unable to find bonito flakes and seaweed flakes, you can eat without. 
  • *I used special flour made for making Takoyaki. It is a little bit like pre mixed flour which contains dashi stock powder. That's why in the photos and the recipe video, I used water instead of dashi stock. It is usually difficult to find this kind of special flour. If you used plain flour, use dashi stock to mix. 

Nutrition Information

Calories 53kcal (3%) Carbohydrates 6g (2%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 2g (3%) Saturated Fat 0g (0%) Cholesterol 9mg (3%) Sodium 9mg (0%) Potassium 20mg (1%) Fiber 0g (0%) Sugar 0g (0%) Vitamin A 30IU (1%) Vitamin C 0.3mg (0%) Calcium 4mg (0%) Iron 0.4mg (2%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 20Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 53

% Daily Value*

Calories 53kcal 3%
Carbohydrates 6g 2%
Protein 1g 2%
Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 9mg 3%
Sodium 9mg 0%
Potassium 20mg 0%
Fiber 0g 0%
Sugar 0g 0%
Vitamin A 30IU 1%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Calcium 4mg 0%
Iron 0.4mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.